Anyone who's managed
to stay awake during
medical staff
meetings know that
robotic surgery is a
marketing ploy for
the hospital. The
hope is that the
general public will
think "Wow! County
Memorial General
Regional Hospital is
really cutting edge
because they're
doing robotic
surgery! That's my
kind of hospital!"
and patronize the
other services the
hospital provides..

KAC RN

06/06/13

Cancer Survivor, you have had a most unpleasant experience! Are
you able to wear compression stockings and/or use the intermittent
compression device to reduce the edema in your lower extremeties?
I am not chiding you here, I just want to take this moment to make
a statement: you have to be your own best friend in any situation,
especially a serious medical situation. Take a family member or
knowledgable friend to your appointments - someone to help you
listen and ask questions. When you are in the vortex of a health
crisis, you can't count on your own brain to be present and on all
the time.
As far as the marketing aspect of the newest shiny thing, that is
spot on. It's like hanging a really expensive mobile over your
baby's crib. Same effect, except the mobile actually has a
function..

ChasinRabbits

06/07/13

@Cncer survivor,
robotic surgery
could have resulted
in an entirely
different set of
complications for
you. Surgery
is.....surgery. Your
body is cut open and
tissues
removed/relocated.
that alone is a
stress on your body
and your body
reacted to that
invasion and
manipulation. As for
being unaware of
side effects, i
agree with KAC RN..

Beverly Richards-Smith, PhD

06/08/13

Side effects of
cancer treatments
seem not to be
considered worth
mentioning to the
patient. Loss of
breast mass,
resulting in a
flattened and saggy
breast, from
radiation treatment
for breast cancer
isn't commonly
mentioned; women
think of
"lumpectomy"
followed by chemo
and radiation as
"breast-conserving"
treatment. Men know
prostate cancer
treatment can lead
to impotence and
incontinence, but
are they told that
the urethra may scar
closed and require
excruciatingly
painful, gradual
dilation to allow
them to urinate?
Doctors keep to
themselves
information that
might make the
patient decide
against recommended
"life-saving"
treatments, although
it's the patient's
life and body that
are at risk..

ChasinRabbits

06/13/13

@Beverly
Richards-Smith,
maybe women don't
ask the right
questions, and men
do..

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